‘The Best of Enemies’ stars “Empire” star Taraji P. Henson as civil-rights activist Ann Atwater and Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell as Ku Klux Klan leader C.P. Ellis, telling the true story of ...
Durham civil rights figure Ann Atwater and the story of school desegregation in the Bull City hits the big screen next year. The forthcoming film The Best of Enemies stars Oscar nominee Taraji P.
In 1971, C.P. Ellis was the Exalted Cyclops of the Durham, North Carolina, klavern of the United Klans of America. Ann Atwater was a fair-housing activist, advocating for better treatment for the city ...
Behind ‘The Best of Enemies’: A chat with Taraji P. Henson about one of Durham’s most famous stories
A Durham story will be told nationwide this weekend as the film “The Best of Enemies” hits theaters. Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis became unlikely friends in the 1970s — she an African-American community ...
C.P. Ellis, whose startling metamorphosis from Ku Klux Klan officer to civil rights activist was described in the 1996 book "Best of Enemies" and a subsequent documentary, "An Unlikely Friendship," ...
In 1971, arch-enemies Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis find themselves face-to-face on a committee formed to desegregate the schools of Durham, North Carolina. Seemingly a recipe for disaster, their mutual ...
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